This paper analyzes the returns to training that was co-financed by the German voucher program Bildungsprämie. The … estimation strategy compares outcomes of participants in voucher training with voucher recipients who intended to participate in … training, but did not do so because of a random event like course cancellation by the provider of training. We find no impact …

life-long-learning strategies. In this paper our aim is to explain to what extent the variation in training investments is … determinants of training. Rather than analyzing single determinants or groups of variables, we decompose the variation into a … show that both firm-, job- and worker-level heterogeneity explains training participation and that firm heterogeneity is …

regional training supply and employees ́training participation. Controlling for other regional factors such as the local … training participation is significantly higher in regions with many firms in the training supply market. The predictive power …

, to date there is scant robust quantitative research demonstrating that teacher training programs can have lasting impacts …

In this paper, we study the complementarity between business training and access to financial capital for small and … medium enterprises (SMEs) in Kenya. All participants in a business training program are offered training. One-third of … participants are offered loans immediately after training (Concurrent Loan group), one-third are offered loans six weeks after …

challenge. We characterize an equilibrium delegation rule with two key properties: a) some high-skilled politicians may select …

with a symbolic political delegation motive and raising questions about accountability for financial stability. …